St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-25
THEY MUST BE MORAL.
Bills to Punish Crimes Against Female
Chastity Introduced in the Dakota
Legislature.
The Brainerd Church Trouble Brings the
Oontending Priests Before Court
of Law.
Favorable Report on the Claims of
Montana and Washington Ter
ritorieS for Statehood.
Oshkosh knights of Labor Must
Leave the Lutheran Church,
Saloon Row.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, OAK. Jan. 24.-If the leg
islators would get down to work a session
Of forty days would be long enough to en-
able them to transact all the business thai
VIII come before them. Up to the present
time they have held but one session a dav.
and resolutions to enact that morning
session be held have been promptly killed.
The lawmakers don't propose to wear them
selves out with working. This has been a
quiet day, with two informal recesses in the
lower house and one in the council. The
first recess was taken about 2:3O o'clock to
give the members an opportunity to shake
hands with Judge Church, whose pres
ence IN the room was announced The
judge crossed hands with the members
and made very favorable impression. II
was Intended to give him an informal re-
ception at the capitol tonight but at his
earnest request it was postponed indefi-
nitely. He said that a reception at this
time and Under the present circumstances
would hardly be consistent, and he was up-
posed to it. In conversation to-day mem
Der said Gov. Church was acting a most
manly part. as undoubtedly great pressure
was being brought to bear on him to make
appointments. Secretary Mccormick
| showed me letter to-day from Lew Max
field, president of the carnival association,
extending an invitation to the territorial
officers and members of the legislature to
be present at the stornng of the ice palace
next Thursday night. The secretary said il
would be Impossible to reach there Thurs
day. as the invitation was
RECEIVED TOO LATE.
If a weeks notice had been given him he
ro,,
body which would probably number 100,
and possibly more. Assistant General Man
| ager O'Dell. of the Northern Pacific road.
arrived here this morning in his special car,
| and, when consulted he thought it would
be impossible to get cars here by next
Wednesday night. If Dakota day had been
Saturday the legislators could have left here
Friday night. spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the city, and returning, reached
here Monday noon. losing but one session
by so doing.
1t is quite probable. however, that several
members of both houses will attend the
celebration on Thursday night on permis.
sion of the speaker and president. With the
| coming Of Assistant General Manager O'Dell
the impression is gained that legislation
OH railroad bills will begin in earnest, and
it is reasonable to expect that the railroads
will get colder deal than they have been
given heretofore. The railroad committee
begins its work tonight In the lower
house there is powerful temperance ele-
ment led by James Hayden Fletcher, chair
man of the committee on temperance, and
| yesterday evening lively temperance meet
ing or rally was held at which Mr.. Erick-
son. of the council. and Messrs. Fletcher
and Moore did the talking. The meetings
will probably be kept up during the session.
In the house this afterness5s& the committee
on federal relations reported against the
removal Of Fort Abraham Lincoln and
recommended the passage of the bill, op-
posing the removal, introduced several days
ago by Mr.. Green. The bill was passed.
| 1t was announced thai E. A Williams. of
Burleigh, had resigned from the committee
on appropriations, and Dodds of Nelson
county, was appointed to fill the vacancy.
Uncle" John Hobart introduced a bill that
is intended to build fence around
COUNTY TREASURERS,
and at the same time relieve them of GER
tain amount Of responsibility. The bill is
an act to require county treasurers to de-
poSit their funds in designated repositories
The bill provides that,all funds of any of
the counties in the territory shall be depos-
tied by the county treasurer III one or more
| national banks or private banks as soon as
received, in the name of the county of
which he is the treasurer L. Meter in
| troduced bill for an act to punish assaults
with intent to commit rape, of which the
following is the gist: Every person who,
with intent to commit rape, assaults any
female under Is years of age shall be guilty
| of felony and consent by the female
so assaulted shall not be & defense to an in
dlctment. Therefore. every person found
guilty of an assault with intent to commit a
| rape shall be imprisoned not less than three
years and not more than ten. E. A. Will
Jams, of Burlaigh, introduced bill for an
act to provide for the collection and COM
pilation OF statistics, which provides that
the commissioner of immigration shall be
eX-otficio territorial statistician and it shall!
be his duty to obtain statistics and any other
data and information relating to the growth,
development, commerce, agriculture. man
ufactureS industries, finances. population
and social condition of the territory of Da-
kota, and to compile and publish the same
from time to time and. not less often than
usually in such manner as will afford abroad
and within the territory
A WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE
of the affairs, resources and progress of Da-
kOta. 1t was a quiet day in the council.
and Clerk Kingsbury had an easy time of
it. A joint resolution to print bills, memor-
ials and resolutions at government price,
which would give the printer the neat profit
of So a. page, was held over till tomorrow
for consideration. Mr.. Smith, of Yankton,
introduced bill which provides that no
man or woman can commence action for
divorce without having resided one year in
the territory. Seven memorials of diff
ferent construction, but all relating
to the matrimony Question, were pre-
sented. They came from the Congregational
societies of the territory. That portion of
the governors message relating to women
holding office was referred to P. J. Nc
Cumber, of Wahpeton. young and rising
attorney, who. when he converses about
women, knows as little about the nature of
the animal as any man i'll the territory. E.
G. Ericsson. of Elk Point, introduced bill
for an act entitled, an act TO amend chapter
26 of the penal code. which extends the age
of consent from 10 to 16 years. Alexander
Hughes. of Burleigh. introduced a bill pro-
vidng for the appointment of board of
trustees to consist Of five members for the
government of the public institutions of
Dakota. TEE AIToH.